Traditional organ technology

Yesterday, a partner told me that when I saw an article written by Mozi, I remembered that Mozi was a mage. I was puzzled at that time, only to remember that he was talking about Mozi in the glory of the king. Indeed, in this era, games are one of the best ways of communication, and bringing a traditional and rigid historical figure to young people in a relaxed and entertaining way is the best way of cultural expression.

Before I shared Mohism in Zhihu, many people added me, but they didn't add me to know Mohism, but wanted to ask me how Mozi produced equipment. (what? What graphical user interface)

Mozi in the glory of the king

In the glory of the king, Mozi's background is introduced as a master who devoted himself to reviving the ancient organ art, which is quite in line with Mozi's personal design. Mozi's skills are also more particular, namely: love does not invade, walks peacefully, pays heavy attention to guns, and sticks to the rules. It is also in line with Mohism, mastering powerful organs and loving peace. The old-fashioned story is also related to Mohism.

Detailed explanation of the glory of the king-Mozi's skills

And there is a map in the glory of the king called Mohist Organ Road, which is very interesting. It not only popularized Mozi's character, but also made more young people understand Mohist thought. From this perspective, the glory of the king really contributed a lot and praised Tencent's partners.

Mohist mechanism

First of all, we must first understand what an organ is. In the dictionary, the word organ means the key part of a machine. Now we say that the organ may be a trick or an administrative department of the country. And "technique" can be understood as manufacturing technology, or technology used, and various tactics and strategic methods derived from organs are called organ surgery.

Why do you think of Mohism when you talk about organ art?

First of all, because games and animation works like the glory of the king, Xuanyuanjian and Qin Yue have given Mohist a lot of interpretations, Mohist school has been covered with mysterious colors. For example, Mingyue in Qin Dynasty said that Mohism had built a secret organ city.

Yue Ming-Mohist Organ City in Qin Dynasty: The organ city is hidden in the mountains, built by the mountains, and the terrain is peculiar. The interior is powered by water. There are traps inside and outside the city, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack.

In addition, Mohism itself also has research on science and technology. Mozi himself is also a master of mechanical manufacturing. Mozi invented a wooden kite that won't fall in the sky. Therefore, if we want to find some scientific and technological expositions in pre-Qin hundred schools of thought, Mohism is absolutely unavoidable.

Mozi also recorded a lot of optics, mechanics, mathematics, space and so on, including some "weapons of mass destruction" of Mohism, which we will introduce one by one later.

Pinhole imaging

Mohism used these studies and inventions to defend the war, help weak countries defend their cities and resist foreign aggression. In addition, Mohism also derived many defensive strategies and tactics, such as preparing city gates, caves, high altitude, flags, orders, etc., all of which recorded Mohism's strategy in guarding the city in detail. Mohist defense advocates a word "preparation", and only preparation can be safe.

These can be called Mohist art of war, which represents the strongest guarding city tactics of Mohist school. Mohism's exposition of defense can be described as very detailed, ranging from all kinds of fortifications, equipment, equipment arrangements, to door organs and suspension bridges, to one shot and one arrow, logistics arrangements, military formations and so on.

White Tiger, a Beast in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

All this stems from the core idea of Mohism, "Love all, not attack". Mohist school realized that it is basically impossible to really oppose and stop the war by mouthing guns, and it is necessary to have strong strength to deter the other side. Therefore, in order to realize the idea of "no attack", Mohist school has carried out a series of research and inventions on the art of weapons.

What are the powerful organs of Mohism?

In order to facilitate your understanding, the following will involve some data, based on the weights and measures promulgated by Qin:

One foot ≈23 cm

World War I ≈ ten feet ≈ 2.3m

No. 1: surface-to-surface missile system-automobile

I have read the introduction and studied this weapon for a long time. It feels like a catapult, but it throws charcoal fire, which can cause debris burning damage to enemy siege troops. Equivalent to the current surface-to-surface missile system.

Pretend I'm like this

Weapon features: it can deal with local groups of climbing walls and tons of flame damage.

Strength value: five stars

Description of weapon: Simply put, the weapon of the vehicle is covered with iron sheet. The height of the vehicle column is about 4m, and the buried part is about 1 m.. The seat is about 7 -8 meters long and 3 meters wide. Then hollow out a piece of wood, put on charcoal fire, seal it, and throw it out by car.

Dongfeng -2 1 (possible paper jam)

You know nothing about injuries.

Second place: dense array gun system-transfer gun

This is great. If the defense can have a batch of such equipment, it will be absolutely easy to defend. Turrets are more like Vulcan dense array artillery systems installed on ships or land. It not only fires fast, but also can fire thousands of bullets at a time.

Pretend like this

Weapon characteristics: rotating launch, debris hitting important enemy targets.

Strength value: five stars

Description of weapon: The body is1.2m long, and the embedded part is about 23cm. Use two pieces of wood with a diameter of 40 cm as wheels, drill holes in the middle and insert cross arms. Put a machine every 20 steps, let the archers control it, and no one is allowed to leave. The machine can rotate left and right, and the turning angle can reach 120 degrees, which can be described as a fixed point.

Vulcan dense array defense system

Don't say that the bullets fired by the dense array are quite gorgeous.

Third place: rocket launchers-even crossbows.

If you think the above two weapons are detailed enough, you will find that even the description of the crossbow is more detailed. This is a repeating device, much like a rocket launcher now.

Pretend I'm like this

Weapon features: continuous firing can accurately attack enemy siege troops, and arrows can be reused.

Strength value: five stars

I know you won't read the above paragraph, because I read it very hard, and even there are some mistakes and omissions in the original text. Let me explain to you what this crossbow car is like.

First of all, this is a weapon used to deal with the enemy's attack. It is made of wood one foot square, that is, 23 cm long and 23 cm wide. The length is about equal to the thickness of the city wall, which is embarrassing. How thick is the wall? Probably the kind with thick skin.

Rocket volley

The size of each part is described in the back, and there is also a sight to adjust the accuracy. Everyone is equipped with sixty big arrows, and a crossbow car needs ten people to control it, which means there will always be sixty big arrows. Each arrow is 2.3 meters long, which is already very long. An arrow more than 2 meters long is tied with a rope at the tail, so it can come back again when it is shot out.

Domestic-Shen Ying 400 Guided Rocket Launcher

Reusable, 60 big arrows, infinite small arrows. The lethality of the crossbow is great, almost equal to infinite ammunition. It is estimated that the arrow can penetrate several enemy soldiers. Imagine roast beef skewers. Moreover, even the crossbow car is made of leather as a bunker, which can not only block the arrows shot by the enemy, but also be recycled. Such a weapon is undoubtedly a sharp weapon to defend the city. (Feeling a little cheap)

Mohism is a technical school.

The above three mechanisms are already weapons of mass destruction, not to mention Mohist and Mukite. They can be used for enemy situation monitoring (unfortunately, there is no camera) and may be mainly used for information transmission. In addition, there are many Mohist inventions, such as oranges (used to draw water), transport vehicles, wheels and so on.

Orange (clean) and orange (high)

Some groups of Mohists are still craftsmen, and the most powerful technical cattle of that era were in Mohism. In order to practice the concept of "non-attack", Mohism is an absolute activist, not only saying but also doing. And Mohism has its own standards for the application of technology:

It can be seen that Mozi believes that technology itself is not right or wrong, but how to use technology is extremely important. Technology is good for people, so it is smart. If it is not beneficial, it is clumsy. Based on the concept of "no evil" in technology, Mohism applied its developed technology to stop wars and protect the weak, and really loved all beings. No wonder Zhuangzi commented on Mozi: "Mozi is really the best in the world."

Mohist scientific and technological research has also filled the gap in the history of Chinese science and technology. Therefore, Mozi was praised as a "saint" by later generations, and the "Mozi" quantum satellite launched in 16 once again affirmed the position of Mohism in the history of science and technology.

Cai Yuanpei, president of Peking University in the Republic of China, said: "Mozi, the only son in pre-Qin, was quite good at science. The interruption of Mohism made China's science underdeveloped. If there is a Mohist school in China today, China can save it. Mozi may be the greatest figure in China's history. "

Mozihao

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, according to today's more than 2,000 years ago, Mohism had already surpassed that era, and pinhole imaging was first recorded in Mozi. Needham once questioned why China, with such a developed civilization, did not have an industrial revolution and its scientific and technological status gradually declined. I think, if the Mohist spirit can be passed down all the time, there will be no such problem.

In any case, Mozi is the forerunner of our Chinese scientific exploration.

Mohism represents a technological age.

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